2009 Birthday Wrap-Up.

I'm going to keep this one short. Let's just say, that this year, "Mistakes Were Made" and leave it at that. I made a few. Other people made a few. And they all culminated into being way too much more drama than I actually wanted for my birthday.

Despite latter shittiness, there was some fun stuff and some very cool stuff and I'm intentionally choosing to focus on that. For example, I would call this next picture "Fun Stuff"...


SHENANIGANS! (I particularly love the floral head lei, that Jenn saved from her party to share with mine.)

I would call this next pic, "Some Very Cool" Stuff...



That's a sketch, that my very talented friend, KAB, made for me. He took my current FB profile picture and turned it into a sketch. And even gave me a bit of a chest emblem, like a superhero. It's really amazing, what my talented friends can do. You end up with some very cool surprises popping up from time to time!

Even better, Kyle wrote a small message on the back of the card that I really appreciated. It says, "This is going to be one of the best years yet". I like that. I like that 2009, with the election of this new, progressive president and my own special projects, the year promises opportunities and fulfillment. I think it's ironic to note that this particular little note of confidence and reassurance came swimming up in the middle of an otherwise chaotic and terrible evening. I guess we can find pearls, even when we're knee deep in the muck.

I barely made it out of that party alive and intact. I am still recovering from it all, emotionally. I am trying to make sense of the night. My own actions and the actions of others. I learned some lessons from that night. Lessons that I'll be applying to future social outings. By avoiding the repeating of previous fuck-ups, I hope that I can help to make Kyle's prediction come true.

Cheers,
Mr.B